Consistoire Bayonne

The Consistoire Bayonne , based in the French city of Bayonne , was newly created in 1844. Like all other regional consistories, it was subject to the Consistoire central israélite , which was created by Napoleon by an imperial decree of March 15, 1808.

tasks

The consistories, which were given semi-state status, were supposed to regulate the internal affairs of the Jewish religious community based on the Protestant model . The consistory had to administer the cult, to encourage the Jews to exercise useful professions and to nominate the Jewish recruits to the authorities .

At the top of the three-tier hierarchical structure was the Consistoire central israélite (Central Consistory) in Paris , to which the regional consistories (Consistoires régionaux) were subordinate, to which the individual Jewish communities (communautés juives) were subordinate. The consistories had the task of supervising the practice of religion within the state laws and of setting and collecting taxes so that the organs of the Jewish denomination could meet their expenses.

With the law separating church and state , which came into force in 1905 , the period of consistories ended. The Jewish communities now had to constitute themselves as associations and get along without government grants.

Members

Each regional consistory had a chief rabbi and four lay members elected by the Jewish notables of the affiliated communities.

Communities

According to the Calendrier à l'usage des israélites for 1875/76, the Bayonne Consistory was responsible for the Jewish communities of the Basses-Pyrénées , Haute-Garonne , Aude , Pyrénées-Orientales and Landes departments after the reorganization of the consistories in 1872 :

literature

Annuaire pour l'an du monde 5616 from 13 septembre 1855 to 29 septembre 1856 à l'usage des israélites , 6th year, Paris (Librairie israélite) 1855
Calendar à l'usage des israélites pour l'année 5636 de la création du monde (1875/76), Paris 1875